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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
DATE: February 27, 2018
SUBJECT: (a) Consideration of Resolution Adopting Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Lake County Employees Association, Unit 3, and the County of Lake for January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018; and (b) Consideration of Resolution Adopting Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Lake County Employees Association, Unit 5, and the County of Lake for January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
As your Board is aware, Lake County and the Lake County Employee’s Association (LCEA), Units 3, 4 and 5, met in good faith approximately seven (7) times during 2017. Recently, Units 3 and 5 elected to accept the County’s Last, Best and Final Offer, submitted October 6, 2017.
Before your Board today are Resolutions and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) implementing the Last, Best, and Final Offer for Units 3 and 5. Of note, the following items are included:
1. Supervisor Training: New supervisors will receive yearly training done by the Lake County Human Resources Department;
2. Personnel Policies: County agrees to review any proposed changes presented by the union regarding personnel policies;
3. Step Demotion: Employees will return to prior pay on voluntary step demotion;
4. Above Class: Clarification was made to above-class compensation;
5. Personal Leave: Union employees will be allowed two (2) days of Personal Leave;
6. Probationary Period: Removal of language requiring different Merit System probation, to match Merit System changes;
7. Step Demotion at Layoff: Employees will return to prior pay on demotion in lieu of layoff;
8. Standby: Remove references to pagers in standby section;
9. Salaries: Increase salaries for department-specific classifications and/or class series that have had a pattern of recruitment and retention issues.
The salary increases referenced above are some of those your Board approved September 12, 2017, for some classifications in Health Services, Behavioral Health, and Special Districts. Exhibit A attached to each memorandum details the raises relevant to each. The detailed raises will be retroactively effective October 1, 2017.
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
(a) Consideration of Resolution Adopting Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Lake County Employees Association, Unit 3, and the County of Lake for January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018; and
(a) Consideration of Resolution Adopting Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Lake County Employees Association, Unit 5, and the County of Lake for January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018